List of holidays commemorating individualsThis is a list of government-sanctioned holidays commemorating individuals.PersonHolidayObserving governmentDateSusan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony DayUnited States15 FebruaryErrol BarrowErrol Barrow DayBarbados21 JanuaryCesar ChavezCesar Chavez DayUnited States31 MarchJesus ChristChristmasVariousDecember 25Christopher ColumbusColumbus DayVarioussecond Monday in October ; 12 October Guy FawkesGuy Fawkes Night United Kingdom5 NovemberMalala YousafzaiMalala DayVariousJuly 12thMahatma GandhiGandhi JayantiIndia2 OctoberMother TeresaMother Teresa DayAlbaniaSeptember 5Martin Luther King Jr.Martin Luther King Jr. DayUnited Statesthird Monday in JanuaryAbraham LincolnLincoln's BirthdayParts of the United States12 FebruaryNelson MandelaMandela DayVarious18 JulyHarvey MilkHarvey Milk DayCalifornia / United States / New YorkMay 22John MuirJohn Muir DayCaliforniaApril 21Barack ObamaObama DayKenya, parts of the United StatesNovember 6Rosa ParksRosa Parks DayFour states of the United States4 February ; 1 December Casimir PulaskiGeneral Pulaski Memorial DayUnited States11 OctoberCasimir PulaskiCasimir Pulaski DayIllinois, Wisconsin public schools, etc.first Monday in MarchHarriet TubmanHarriet Tubman DayUnited States10 MarchQueen VictoriaVictoria DayCanadalast Monday before 25 MayGeorge WashingtonWashington's BirthdayUnited Statesthird Monday in FebruaryWright brothersWright Brothers DayUnited States17 DecemberMalcolm XMalcolm X DayBerkeley, Californiaeither Malcolm's birthday on May 19 or the third Sunday of MayPierre-Théodore VerhaegenSaint VerhaegenBrussels-Capital Region, Belgium20 November